A celebration of The Archers will be broadcast across New Year’s Day, including a recreation of the first ever opening scene ...

The cast of BBC Radio 4’s The Archers will recreate the lost first episode to mark the programme’s 75th anniversary on New ...

BBC Archives teams have begun to digitise 2,500 episodes of The Archers from 1959-69. They come from the BBC's Transcription ...

A total of 46 industry experts - including presenter Cerys Matthews, the Today programme’s Justin Webb, BBC Radio 5 live presenter Adrian Chiles, news presenter Caroline Wyatt and Radio 4’s Sue ...

The series of shows will examine the cultural climate after a ‘spotlight’ was shone on the regions. Radio 4 is set to examine the arts and culture of Northern Ireland and the Republic Of Ireland ...

The next stage of the BBC's downloading and podcasting trial will include experiments with hourly news bulletins, Woman's Hour podcasts and audio highlights from BBC TWO's Newsnight. Twenty-nine more ...

After 27 years and 1,000 episodes, veteran broadcaster Melvyn Bragg this week announced he’s stepping down as host of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time, marking the end of an era for the institution. The ...

Brian Sibley is a bit of a legend in radio. Presenter (Radio 4 arts programme Kaleidoscope and the World Service arts magazine Meridian), contributor and playwright, he paired up with writer Michael ...

Big Ben is iconic and plays a crucial role here at BBC Radio 4 at various key time points during the day. So, there has been much discussion about what to do when Big Ben falls silent from Monday 21 ...

BBC World Service English director Gwyneth Williams has been named the new controller of BBC Radio 4 and Radio 7. Williams will start her new role in September, replacing Mark Damazer, who is leaving ...